Do you still iron? With all the permanent press items in today's world is it still necessary?
I know we think of ironing as drudgery, but can you imagine using this old fashion iron like our great-grandmothers did?
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This is what an iron looked like in the "olden" days. You might ask "Where's the cord?" Nope, none, nah-dah!
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I only iron a few things, like tablecloths and pillowcases. When my daughter was young she would often outgrow clothes before I got them ironed, they'd stayed in the ironing so long.
ReplyDeleteWhen my Mother-in-law would come to visit she'd do all my ironing, I loved it.
I'm like you MIL. When I visit my middle daughter, I get out her iron and board and iron my son-in-law's shirts for him because he has to do it himself or wear them all wrinkled. I love to iron, but seldom do it at home.
DeleteYes, I still iron and kind of like to. I listen to old I Love Lucy shows when I iron. : )
ReplyDeleteI have about 20 of those old irons.
I only iron when our wardrobes are almost empty and the ironing basket overflowing !
ReplyDeleteI have an iron like yours, inherited from MIL, and it's a family heirloom, which I use as a door stop.
Halloween costumes. That's the only thing I've ironed in a couple of years. Oh, and new bedroom curtains (and bed ruffle) when they come out of the bag and a moist dryer setting doesn't get the job done. :)
ReplyDeleteI am not a fan of ironing, I iron the minimum I can and wait until I have a big basket full and then do it all at once. I do think that I need a new iron though, ours is 15/16/17 years old so I think that perhaps a better iron might make me like it more! At least it isn't an old one like your lovely heirloom! xx
ReplyDeleteI hardly ever iron now.
ReplyDeleteBut I used to iron EVERYTHING!
Even jeans! I wanted a nice pressed crease down the front and I even ironed sweatshirts!
Something about the crispness gets to me.
Even now when I see a man in a starched nicely pressed shirt... swoon!
LOL!
Yep, I love pressed crisp clothes.
:D
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No I can't imagine having to iron with that...sometimes we don't realize how much easier we have it these day! I don't iron often and hope not to too much in the future either.
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ReplyDeleteAlthough, I never used one of these to iron. . .I do l o v e to iron! Especially if the clothing has been "line dried"!
My Aunt, from the Big Spring, Texas area once told my MoMa, "That daughter missed her calling. . .she should have been a laundress!"
I do have a few vintage irons such as yours, on display in the Laundry Room! (wink!)
Fondly,
Pat
I like ironing when I'm sewing something. That new fabric always gives off a great smell. My grandmother had and used irons that she had to heat on her woodstove. I don't know what became of them when my mother moved (she had them in her house for years). I finally bought a nice one this summer at an antique market. It has a removable wooden handle just like my grandmother's.
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